Washing-machine.



' 1 1 2- PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

0. L. ROCK.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLIQATIOH FILE-D my 17. 1905.

unrrn STATES PA ENT orri'eis.

CHARLIE L. ROCK, OF FALL RIVER, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

T0 on whom, it may concern:

River, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements ,in .Washing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and embodiesa machine of that type employing a plurality of rubbers arranged withinthe washing-receptacle or tub and utilizing a heater preferably locatedbeneath the tub for heating the suds-water during the washing operation.

The invention resides particularly in the general operating mechanismused for actuating the rubbers and in the arrangement of the variousparts, which is conducive to simplicity, as well as being advantageousin securing the thorough cleansing of the clothes operated upon by themachine.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of awashingmachine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken about on the line X Xof Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the cover,having attached thereto the actuating lever for the outer rubber.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the machine shown in the drawingscomprises the usual tub or washing-receptacle 1, preferably mounted'uponlegs 2 and provided with the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 17,1905. Serial No. 260,797.

Patented April 10, 1906.

g I ply-tank 6, supported by the machine and @Be it known that I,CHARLIE L. ROCK, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Fall havinga supply'pipe 7 leading therefrom to the burner and connected with thelatter in a suitable way. Arranged within the receptacle 1 is an outerrubber or agitator is, the same consisting, preferably,of a skeletondrum composed of upper and lower rims or cirrular frames 8 and 8",respectively, said frames being connected by vertical spaced slats orbars 9. The rubber 8 is supported for oscillatory movement by means ofvertically-an ranged guides 10, the latter embodying bars having theupper and lower portions thereof deflected outwardly, as shown at 1], soas to receive the rims or frames 8 and S" in such a manner as toproperly support the rubber h as the latter is actuated by operatingmechanism to be more fully set forth as the description proceeds. Therubber S is of such a structure as to thoroughly agitate the sudswaterand the clothes which are received in the receptacle 1 in the cleansingoperation, and said rubber 8 cooperates with a second rubber 12, whichwill be termed the innor rubber, as the latter operates within the spacesurrounded by the drum or rubber S. The inner rubber comprises a head12, carrying a plurality of pins 13, projecting downwardly and outwardlytherefrom, said rubber being supported or carried by a vertical shaft14,passing upwardly through the ccntral portion of the top or cover 3 ofthe receptacle 1. The shaft 14 is of such a length as to permit acertain amount of vertical movement of the head 12 thereon, though saidhead is so secured to the shaft as to oscillate therewith as the latteris actuated. The upper extremity of the shaft 14, which projects throughthe cover 3 of the rcceptacle 1, has a pinion 15 keyed or otherwisesecured thereto, said pinion operating in an arcuate slot 16, formed ina gear 17, rotatably mounted upon the cover or top 3. The gear 17 isconnected by a pitman 18 with a crankwheel 19 at one end of a horizontalshaft 20, carried by the receptacle 1 at one side thereof. The shaft 20is mounted in bearings provided in standards 21, secured to a side ofthe receptacle 1, and the end of the shaft opposite that carrying thecrank-wheel 19 has -ahand-wheel 22 mounted thereon and ad apted to beoperated so as to impart motion to the gear 17, having the arcuate slot16. The

slot 16 of the gear 17 has teeth at its outer side, as shown at 23, theteeth 23 being in mesh with the teeth of the pinion 15, so that asoscillatory movement is imparted to the 'wardly from the cover 3 of thereceptacle 1 and arranged eccentric of an adjustab e member 25, carriedby the cover 3. Suitable means are utilized to prevent displacement ofthe gear 17 from the pin 24, and the member 25 may be so adjusted as totake up for any wear between the parts 15 and 17 in a manner which willbe readily apparent. The shaft 14 is formed with an eccentric 26 justbeneath the cover 3, and this eccentric operates in the space betweenthe bifurcate extremities 27 of an actuating-lever 28, which is mountedupon the under side of the cover 3. The lever 28 is pivoted at a pointbetween its ends, as shown at 27, and is thus operably connected at oneend with the shaft 14, the opposite end of said bar having 'a notch orrecess 30 receiving an extension 31, projecting upwardly from theuppermost rim or frame 8 of the rubber 8.

It will thus be seen that in the practical operation of the inventionwhen the operator turns the wheel 22 the connection 18, by which thegear 19 is connected with the gear 17 will oscillate said gear 17, andthereby actuate the shaft 14, by means of a pinion 15, which operates inthe slot 16. As the shaft 14 is oscillated similar movement is impartedto the head 12, and this head is held firmly down upon the clothes inthe.recepta-' cle 1, whether the clothes be in greater or less quantity,by means of a spring 32, which is interposed between the upper portionof the head of the rubber l2 and the eccentric 26. The spring 32 .is ofthe coil type and normally tends to force the head 12 downwardly againstthe clothes in the drum or rubber 8. As the head 12 is operated theeccentric 26 is of course oscillated with the shaft 14, and since thiseccentric is arranged in operative position with reference to thebifurcate end of the lever 28 said lever 28 will have an oscillatorymovement also imparted thereto. As the lever 28 is oscillated in themanner above described the outer end of the lever, which is inconnection with the extension 31 of the rubber 8, will actuate therubber in an obvious manner, the suds-water being thoroughly agitatedand the clothes effectively cleansed.

The portions 11 of the guidebars 10 forin seats for the rims 8 and 8 androllers 35 are arranged in these seats to reduce the friction betweenthe same and the rubber8 to a Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed as new is 1. In a washing-machine, the combination of awashing-receptacle, an outer rubber arranged in said receptacle, guidemeans supporting said rubber, a shaft passing through the top of thereceptacle, a rubber mounted upon said shaft and arranged in thefirstmentioned rubber, a lever pivoted to the top of the receptacle andoperably connected at one end with the shaft aforesaid, the opposite endof said lever being connected with the outer rubber, and means foractuating the shaft.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a washing-receptacle, anouter rubber arranged in said receptacle and comprising upper and lowerframes or rims, guide means supportin said rubber, a shaft passingthrough t e top of the receptacle, a rubber mounted upon said shaft andarranged in the first-mentioned rubber, a lever pivoted at a pointbetween its ends to the top of the receptacle, an eccentric carried bythe shaft aforesaid and operably connected at one end with the lever,the opposite end of the lever being connected with the outer rubber, andI means for actuating the shaft.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination of a washing-receptacle, anouter rubber arranged in said receptacle and comprising upper and lowerframes or rims, guide means supportin said rubber, a shaft passingthrough the'top of the receptacle, a rubber mounted upon said shaft andarranged in the first-mentioned rubber, a lever pivoted at a paintbetween its ends to the under side of t e receptacle and having one ofits ends bifurcated, an eccentric carried by the shaft aforesaid andoperating between the bifurcate portions of the lever, and an extensionprojected from the outerrubber and con-' nected with the opposite end ofthe lever for actuation thereby.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination of the receptacle 1, the rubber8 located therein and comprising the upper and lower frames 8 and 8 theguide-bars 10 arranged in the receptacle .1 and having the portions 1 1receiving the frames 8 and 8 as specified, the shaft 14, thevertically-movable rubber carried thereby, the eccentric 26, the spring.32 interposed between the eccentric 26 and the vertically-movablerubber, the lever 28 connected at one end with the eccentric 26, theextension 31 connected with the opposite end of the lever, and means foractuating the shaft 14.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLIE L. ROCK. Witnesses:

G. B. KE NEs; J. A. SMYTH.

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